Stonewall Uprising explores the dramatic events that launched a worldwide civil rights movement. When police raided a Mafia-run gay bar in Greenwich Village, the Stonewall Inn, on June 28, 1969, gay men and women did something they had not done before—they fought back. As the streets of New York erupted into violent protests and street demonstrations, the collective anger announced that the gay rights movement had arrived.
Stonewall Uprising explores the dramatic events that launched a worldwide civil rights movement. When police raided a Mafia-run gay bar in Greenwich Village, the Stonewall Inn, on June 28, 1969, gay men and women did something they had not done before—they fought back. As the streets of New York erupted into violent protests and street demonstrations, the collective anger announced that the gay rights movement had arrived.
General Note
Originally released by PBS, 2011.
Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on June 10, 2019.
Content Note
Introduction: Stonewall Uprising (3:10); --Torturous "Cures" (4:21); -- Closeted Existence (5:57); -- Openly Harassed (6:12); -- Gay Community Forms (5:23); -- Police Target Gays (7:47); -- Stonewall and Gay Underground (8:53); -- Gay Activism (6:47); -- Riot Erupts (17:04); -- Continued Resistance (8:26); -- Aftermath and Legacy (5:55); -- Credits: Stonewall Uprising (0:43); .